Earlier this year I started a new radio project: trying to find out which railroad frequencies are in use in Savannah and Brunswick. It isn’t a high priority project; I’ve just been listening to railroad frequences on weekends, slow MilCom days, and in the wee hours of the morning when there’s not much else to… Read More Railroad Scanning in Savannah and Brunswick
What do you do when you live in Savannah and don’t really care about St Patrick’s Day? You get out of town. My folks wanted to visit a family friend in Fernandina Beach over the weekend, so I drove them down on Saturday. They didn’t want to go down and come back all in the… Read More Road Trip Radio Report: Overnight Road Trip to Fernandina Beach, FL; 18/19 March 2023
Life got in the way of radio quite a bit in February, but the radio time I did have turned out to be remarkably interesting. February saw a Marine Divisions Tactics Course (MDTC) at MCAS Beaufort and the 62nd FS and 308th FS from Luke AFB visited the Air Dominance Center for training. The 62nd… Read More Coastal Georgia Military Monitoring Recap; February 2023
On Sunday and Monday, I took an overnight road trip up to Charleston, SC to visit the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park. On Sunday afternoon, I took the tour boat out to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, then stayed overnight in Mount Pleasant and visited Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island before heading… Read More Road Trip Radio Report: Fort Sumter & Fort Moultrie in Charleston, SC; 19/20 February 2023
In addition to the 62nd FS/308th FS F-35A training going on at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP, MAG-31 at MCAS Beaufort, SC is conducting a MDTC (Marine Division Tactics Course). An MDTC is held each Winter at MCAS Beaufort to qualify fighter pilots and controllers as instructors; other units such as MAWTS-1 and VMFT-401 from MCAS Yuma… Read More MAG-31 Marine Division Tactics Course at MCAS Beaufort
I wish I could have posted this earlier, but between work and some home issues, I haven’t had the chance. F-35As from the 62nd and 308th Fighter Squadrons from Luke AFB are at the Georgia Air National Guard Savannah Air Dominance Center at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP along with F-16s from contractor Top Aces. The 62nd… Read More Danish, Dutch, and Norwegian Fighter Pilots Training in Coastal Georgia – The 62nd Fighter Squadron and 308th Fighter Squadron are at Savannah-Hilton Head IAP
The scope of the January 2023 Recap is expanded a bit because of a road trip I took during the month; it includes northern South Carolina and Central North Carolina in addition to the usual offerings of Coastal Georgia, Lowcountry SC, and First Coast Florida. You might want to take a look at the North… Read More Coastal Georgia Military Monitoring Recap; January 2023
I was supposed to end my recent road trip on Friday, 13 January 2023 and return to Savannah, but I noticed on social media that the Cowpens National Battlefield was having a 242nd Anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens event on Saturday and Sunday, 14/15 January, so I extended my trip and stayed in Gaffney,… Read More The Cowpens National Battlefield Marked the 242nd Anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens with a Terrific Living History Event
Two other historic sites that I visited during my Greensboro, NC; Columbia, SC; and Cowpens National Battlefield Road Trip were Fort Dobbs, a French and Indian War era historic site in Statesville, NC and Historic Camden, an American Revolution historic site in Camden, SC. Historic Camden had been on my list of places to visit… Read More Visits to Fort Dobbs in Statesville, NC and Historic Camden in Camden, SC
In addition to the historic sites and zoos that I visited during my Greensboro, NC; Columbia, SC; and Cowpens National Battlefield Road Trip, I also stopped at the Richard Petty Museum in Level Cross, NC and the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. The Richard Petty Museum The Richard Petty Museum in Level Cross,… Read More Visits to the Richard Petty Museum in Level Cross, NC and the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC
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